Saturday, November 14, 2015

Today: All about hogs — cooking and watching

Our annual Whole Hog Roast is set for 5 to 9 p.m. on the Argenta Farmers Market grounds at Sixth and Main, North Little Rock. Food service starts at 6:30 p.m.

Professional and amateur cooking teams will be vying for trophies. Pros will cook whole hogs; amateurs are smoking pork butts. Some other protein will be on the grills, too. There will be a beer and wine garden. Also live music.

And, yes, a big TV screen is planned so fans can watch the Razorback hogs take on LSU.

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Here's the open line. Also, the day's roundup of news and comment.

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